It would be epic to see a Actias keralana here but it isn’t found here anyway. I have already seen Actias selene, which is not too rare. I live in India and there don’t seem to be any other Actias species nearby.
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After a couple of nights of poor returns, I seem to have found an emergence of beetles. This is 30 minutes after setting up.
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WOW!!! HOW??? This is something I have dreamed of for years? What set to do you use?? 
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Is that the Lepiled on the left? and also unrelated question, have you observed any Conchylodes lately?
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Two entolights and a lepiLED, all running off a standard electric socket.
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No, but I took a break from mothing on my property in Costa rice for about 3 months so I probably just missed them.
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I relate to you buddy :’) though I roam around my colony at every tubelight so technically my moth screen is my whole colony
I live in the middle of MP and the moth diversity is not bad at all heh
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most actias sp are from northeast right 
my fav is Actias keralana tbh hehe
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Cool! I’ve been wanting a proper mothing setup for so long! I’m trying to figure out what I should get…
Here’s my share of moths
Speiredonia alix, only 3 observations worldwide hehe
Gabala polyspilalis I had better pics but cant find at the moment :’)
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Just a white (preferably with perforations) sheet and preferably a uv emitting light source like the lepiLED i was asking about would do
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I have tried that with a white towel, but stringing that up was extremely difficult, and I had to prop up the faint UV bulb on a cushion, so I got some microleafhoppers and flies visiting the cushions, but I think that the towel was a flop 
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What is MP?
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Madhya Pradesh, India
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oops sorry shouldve specified 
Madhya Pradesh (a state) in India, as @vxlpix said :)
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I like moths. I can’t say I love them because I have a subconscious fear of them. Let me explain….. As a child growing up in South Korea, my mother instilled in me all the phobias relating to the dangers of nature and why you should never leave the house let alone take a walk in the wilderness. I’ve overcome all of her anti nature indoctrinations except for two. The first is that all snakes will kill you without hesitation nor remorse. The second has to do with moths!
In her scary child controlling world, the dust that comes off of moths are very toxic and will cause blindness if you get it in your eyes. Who comes up with stuff like this? Sheesh, diabetes can cause blindness…. do you think we could have cut back on the super high starch short grain white rice? Yes, I have a few issues nagging at me.
Saw this fella yesterday:
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I regularly go out on biodiversity surveys and although I normally am the botanist during such events, I do find moths a great source of entertainment at night. There usually will be a light trap out at night and I can always be found there to photograph and record as much as possible before it is time to go to sleep. Desmeocraera decorata, Bostra xanthorhodalis, Zamarada auratisquama or Mazuca strigicincta are just a few of the weird and wonderful gems that make me stay up late 
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I was like that with spiders. Slowly slowly iNat has helped me. Wow, not ALL spiders are evil!
Seriously, folks who living in Southeast Asia should go to the thick pine forest and set light trap